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• http://www.ijir.com
• Editor: Allen D. Seftel, MD
• Volume 20: 6 issues per year
• ISSN: 0955-9930
• EISSN: 1476-5489
• Impact factor : 2.059*
• Impact ranking: 24/55 in Urology & Nephrology*
• Date Established: 1989
• Published on behalf of:

Aims and Scope:

International Journal of Impotence Research: The Journal of Sexual Medicine publishes research on male and female sexual dysfunction. International and multidisciplinary in scope, the journal provides opportunities for communication among scholars, researchers, and practitioners and supports the highest standards of ethics and professionalism in research, education, and clinical practice of sexual medicine.

International Journal of Impotence Research: The Journal of Sexual Medicine is unique, as it is the first journal to address sexual medicine for both genders as an interdisciplinary field. As sexual medicine develops further, the changes will be reflected in the content of the journal. Thus, this publication will continue to address the needs of its readership while expanding the scope of the readership to encompass the full circle of sexual medicine.

Readership:
Urologists, impotence specialists, vascular surgeons, basic science researchers, endocrinologists, family practitioners, gynaecologists, internists, neurologists, cardiologists, family practice physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, radiologists, sex therapists, and other health care clinicians.

ASRM and International Journal of Impotence Research: the Journal of Sexual Medicine ⿿provide excellence in sexual and reproductive medicine through:

• Original articles - the latest research in the field of sexual medicine addressing a wide range of areas, including: clinical; treatment; basic science; and special problems. Focus is on both male and female sexual dysfunction and related topics including: diabetes; peyronie⿿s disease; blunt trauma; hypertension; and menopause.
• Reviews - commissioned from leaders in the field, Reviews vary in length depending on the topic addressed. All reviews are supplemented with glossary explanations and highlighted references that are accompanied by an explanation as to why these references are essential reading.
• Case Reports - an in-depth look into a study of individuals with sexual dysfunction. Includes confirmatory reports of previously described phenomena that either contain a novel finding or are of such magnitude to enhance the field.
• Letters to the Editor -correspondence between readers, authors, and the community. Letters to the editor deal with subjects that have recently been addressed in the journal or can introduce new topics.

What makes International Journal of Impotence Research: the Journal of Sexual Medicine stand apart from other resources?

• Broad scope - International Journal of Impotence Research: the Journal of Sexual Medicine has published the latest research on men's and women's sexual dysfunction including important research related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, menopause and vascular deficits. The journal continues to attract the best material in the field by publishing high quality, peer-reviewed research and is available in both print and online.. No matter what area of the field you focus on, you can rely on International Journal of Impotence Research: the Journal of Sexual Medicine for your needs.
• Experience in the field - For nearly 20 years International Journal of Impotence Research: the Journal of Sexual Medicine has been providing members of the science community with the most relevant and groundbreaking research across the discipline. Content is rigorously peer-reviewed by those who know the area best.
• FREE archive accessibility - Free to all readers, the complete text of all articles in the back archive four years after publication; tables of contents and abstracts for all articles published since 1997 and the complete text of the January issue of corresponding year.
• Online features at your fingertips - Easy access to the research you need at any time, including:
  • Electronic manuscript submission via eJournal Press
  • Full-text HTML articles with links to MEDLINE and CrossRef
  • PDF versions of all articles for easy printing
  • Free access to research abstracts
  • Free selected articles each week
  • Free Table of Contents e-alerts service

Online features and site license access:

• Online archive available back to 1997.
• A site license provides access to all content published during the supply period. Access is granted to a further rolling four-year archive during the supply period only. Archive content is freely available after five years.
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• Indexed in Medline (PubMed), Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Current Opinion in Urology, SciSearch, Research Alert, Science Citation Index, UK Health Centre Index, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine and EMBASE.

*2007 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2008)